EPA TRI Facility · Machinery
Solar Turbines Inc Harbor Drive
San Diego, CA · Parent: Caterpillar Inc
- Total releases
- 35.5K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Solar Turbines Inc Harbor Drive: how the 35.5K lbs splits
35.5K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 35.5K lbs 100.0%
- Air Releases 3 lbs <0.1%
Solar Turbines Inc Harbor Drive's 35.5K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 100.0% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at <0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nickel.
Carcinogen-classified pounds vs other reported pounds
Same cumulative TRI total as above, split by EPA/IARC carcinogen classification on each chemical: pounds share, not chemical count. Classification is not a site health-risk score.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CARC-HEAVY
Solar Turbines Inc Harbor Drive is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in San Diego, CA, in the machinery sector. It reported 4.3K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 35.5K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 6,921 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In California's 1,149 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Solar Turbines Inc Harbor Drive is pounds #242 and chemical-count #405 at 35.5K lbs. Clean Harbors Buttonwillow LLC leads reported pounds (50.4M lbs) at 45 chemicals (chemical-count #2). Chevron Products Co Richmond Refinery leads chemical count at 46 chemicals (3.0M lbs, pounds #13). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: U.s Coast Guard Sector San Diego Ca; U.S. Naval Air Station North Island; US Cbp Border Patrol Firearms Range Be # CA0180; Cp Kelco. Similar-scale Machinery peers outside California: Hartzell Fan Inc; Unverferth Manufacturing Co Inc Delphos Div; Arcos Industries LLC; Valmont Industries Inc. Other Caterpillar Inc sites in this extract: Caterpillar Reman Div; Caterpillar Inc Mapleton Plant; Caterpillar East Peoria; Caterpillar Inc. - High Performance Molded Products. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nickel; Chromium; Cobalt.
Compare Solar Turbines Inc Harbor Drive with
Nearest reporters in California
- U.s Coast Guard Sector San Diego Ca San Diego · 3.5K lbs
- U.S. Naval Air Station North Island San Diego · 206.9K lbs
- US Cbp Border Patrol Firearms Range Be # CA0180 San Diego · 64.8K lbs
- Cp Kelco San Diego · 1.9K lbs
Similar-scale Machinery sites elsewhere: Hartzell Fan Inc (OH) · Unverferth Manufacturing Co Inc Delphos Div (OH) · Arcos Industries LLC (PA)
Solar Turbines Inc Harbor Drive stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 3 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 35.5K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Hartzell Fan Inc and Unverferth Manufacturing Co Inc Delphos Div.
Solar Turbines Inc Harbor Drive vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
36K lbs Top 27% higher than 73% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Solar Turbines Inc Harbor Drive: Nickel-led volume
Among the 1,186 Machinery facilities in this database, Solar Turbines Inc Harbor Drive reports the 113th-largest volume, placing it in the top 9.5% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nickel alone is 60.9% of the total. Carcinogen-classified chemicals make up 78.0% of the reported pounds, not just of the chemical count. Scale peers outside California include Hartzell Fan Inc and Unverferth Manufacturing Co Inc Delphos Div.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Solar Turbines Inc Harbor Drive's pounds in one chemical - here Nickel at 60.9%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Solar Turbines Inc Harbor Drive's total reported releases fell from 5.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 4.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Solar Turbines Inc Harbor Drive's chemicals reported fell from 3 in 2022 to 2 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Solar Turbines Inc Harbor Drive's off-site transfers fell from 5.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 4.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Solar Turbines Inc Harbor Drive Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Solar Turbines Inc Harbor Drive releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 35.5K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 73% (16.0K lbs to 4.3K lbs).
Solar Turbines Inc Harbor Drive: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Solar Turbines Inc Harbor Drive year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 73% from 2019 to 2023). TRI figures are self-reported estimates and can swing with production, waste handling, and reporting changes, not only with controls. Lead chemical in the extract: Nickel.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 16.0K lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 3.9K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 5.9K lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 5.4K lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 4.3K lbs | 2 |
Solar Turbines Inc Harbor Drive · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Solar Turbines Inc Harbor Drive
Closest other reporters in California - including U.s Coast Guard Sector San Diego Ca, U.S. Naval Air Station North Island, US Cbp Border Patrol Firearms Range Be # CA0180, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 1,148 other reporting facilities in California.
Similar Machinery Facilities
Other Machinery facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside California - e.g. Hartzell Fan Inc, Unverferth Manufacturing Co Inc Delphos Div, Arcos Industries LLC.
Compare beyond California
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Solar Turbines Inc Harbor Drive on cumulative reported pounds (35.5K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include G&s Bar & Wire LLC, Milwaukee Precision Casting, Sterilization Services of Virginia. Chemical-count peers include Industrial C&s of Pr LLC Arecibo Plant, Island Litho Corp., Fenwal International Inc. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
Similar reported release pounds
Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Caterpillar Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Caterpillar Reman Div, Caterpillar Inc Mapleton Plant, Caterpillar East Peoria.
About TRI Data
Data as of 2023 reporting year. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxic Release Inventory.
On this page the largest disclosed chemicals include Nickel, Chromium, Cobalt; nearby reporters include U.s Coast Guard Sector San Diego Ca. Solar Turbines Inc Harbor Drive stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-HEAVY carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
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This Solar Turbines Inc Harbor Drive TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CARC-HEAVY · lead Nickel) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Solar Turbines Inc Harbor Drive totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for San Diego, CA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 333611 · Machinery. 0.6% of San Diego TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: G&s Bar & Wire LLC (Δ 2 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Solar Turbines Inc Harbor Drive stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Nickel. PlainEnviro renders this EPA Form-R extract from its pipeline; no figure is typed in by an editor. Corrections: editorial policy.
All federal data sources used on this page
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Basic Data Files - annual self-reported chemical-release filings. epa.gov
- EPA TRI Program reference - how chemicals and reported releases are counted. epa.gov
- EPA Facility Registry Service - facility location and identity. epa.gov
- EPA ECHO - regulatory and compliance context. epa.gov
- EPA Envirofacts - the EPA data warehouse exposing these datasets. epa.gov